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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute;
[syn: hempen, fibrous]

2. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew;
[syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fibrous \Fi"brous\ (f[imac]"br[u^]s), a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. -- Fi"brous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fibrous adj 1: having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute [syn: hempen, fibrous] 2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "fibrous": capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous, durable, fibered, fibroid, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid, wiry